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PhoronixSpacemiT K3 RISC-V SoCs are set to receive further improvements to their upstream kernel support in Linux 7.4. The update also concerns the K3 Pico-ITX system and the RVA23 RISC-V SoCs described as readily available so far.
PhoronixGoogle engineers are seeking to bring Profile Guided Optimization support into the Linux kernel, despite Linus Torvalds having previously rejected the approach for the mainline kernel. They also want PGO support for kernel modules and improvements to AutoFDO and Propeller limitations.
Phoronix Sashiko that was built by Google engineers for agentic review of the Linux kernel code changes and powered by Google's AI models continues proving very valuable to kernel developers. In less than one year since they launched Sashiko for agentic AI code review, their results are…
PhoronixMicrosoft releases the first tagged version of LiteBox, its Rust-based sandboxing Library OS. The project uses Linux virtualization security features and Rust to sandbox Linux applications on Linux and Windows, among other security-focused uses.
PhoronixValve's new Steam client beta defaults non-Steam Windows binaries to Proton, with the update also including improvements for Linux users. The change affects how those programs run through Steam on Linux.
ArtCraft uses Claude Code and AI agents to build clean-room reimplementations of Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom in Rust. A related project describes an open-source Photoshop reimplementation written in pure Rust.
PhoronixFEX 2610 is the latest monthly release of an open-source emulator that runs x86_64 games and apps on AArch64 Linux systems. The update adds AVX-VNNI handling and disk-cache improvements, and the emulator is used on Valve’s Steam Frame headset.
PhoronixGoogle engineers are experimenting with isolating Linux kernel device drivers inside in-kernel sandboxes. Their approach uses LLVM's Lightweight Fault Isolation functionality.
PhoronixQualcomm posts Linux driver patches for QPaCE, a hardware accelerator in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 “Hawi” SoC. The driver targets faster page compression and decompression for the ZRAM block device.
PhoronixNVIDIA releases Linux driver version 615.78.08 with VK_NV_low_latency2 revision 3, an improvement for gamers using Steam Play and VKD3D-Proton with Direct3D 12 games. The release also includes other fixes.
PhoronixMicrosoft releases an updated Linux kernel configured for Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, including a DXGKRNL improvement and additional enabled features. The release follows WSL 3.0.2, which adds WSL2 support for very large servers and experimental sparse VHD storage.
PhoronixHuawei engineers are developing XMFS, an experimental file system for modern Linux servers with CXL 3.0 or Huawei United Bus connectivity. They present it at LPC 2026 in Czechia.
PhoronixAn AMD engineer discusses the Zen 6 IBS Memory Profiler at LPC 2026 in Prague. The feature is intended to support hot page detection and promotion on Linux systems.
TrueNAS 27 RC.1 has been released. One report says the release includes native S3, TrueSearch and OpenZFS 2.4; another highlights Linux 6.18 LTS alongside OpenZFS 2.4. The supplied reports do not establish whether these features are present in the same build.
A Linux 7.3-rc6 prepatch was announced as available for testing. Another source's headline and summary instead report that Linux 7.3-rc7 has been released, so the sources disagree about which release candidate was most recently released.
PhoronixA review examines Star Labs’ StarFighter laptop, a Linux-focused machine that comes preloaded with Coreboot. The reviewer says they test it over several weeks after previously not having personally tested hardware from the UK-based vendor.
Phoronix With the assistance of AI, another dozen security vulnerabilities affecting both the conventional X.Org Server as well as XWayland were made public this evening...
Phoronix Amid multiple ongoing innovations being pursued in the Linux memory management space amid sky high RAM prices, a new patch series posted on Monday aim to enhance the Zswap performance for this compressed RAM cache for swap pages...
Phoronix IBM and Red Hat announced today they have identified and remediated more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities across popular Java libraries...
Phoronix Back in March Canonical announced switching to ntpd-rs was its next target as part of transitioning more Ubuntu Linux system components to Rust-based implementations. This time synchronization package is available for testing in the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 release while it aims to…